Property Record
205 W MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | UNION HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | VILLAGE INN |
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| Reference Number: | 12407 |
| Location (Address): | 205 W MAIN ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Rochester |
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| Year Built: | 1843 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | restaurant |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | RETURNED EAVES AND CHIMNEY AT EACH GABLEDOOR W/ TRANSOM AND SIDELIGHTSREAR WING COVERED IN GROUT Some sources have cited the building, which now houses a restaurant, as being a link on the Underground Railroad. However, actual evidence has not been found, and the method cited for supposedly getting fugitives into and out of the building- a tunnel to the Fox River, which would have had to be several hundred feet long and go under three buildings, a road, and a factory building- appears unlikely. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BUR SPUR OF WISCONSIN'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, BROCHURE. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |